The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell Text Study Guide A Map of the Island Message in a Bottle Journaling Using journals in the classroom is an important and effective assessment tool. Journaling is usually used in conjunction with silent reading and read alouds and prompts students to respond creatively to a piece of literature, to reflect on a passage or complete story, to make predictions, to ask questions, to make connections to the students own life, and to evaluate and articulate the effectiveness of the reading strategies. Some examples of journal entries that will be assigned throughout the course of this school year are: - Describe your worst nightmare. (making connections/creative response) - Describe your most frightening experience with something non-human. (making connections/creative response) - Which of the Seven Habits of Good Reading to you find most effective or useful? Why? (methodology reflection) - Do you think Rainsford, the protagonist from The Most Dangerous Game, has changed his opinion of hunting from the beginning to the end of the story? Explain. (literature reflection) - What is courage? Describe a time when you or someone you know acted courageously. (making connections) - Write a journal entry as if you are one of the major characters from the novel/play/short story. Express your thoughts and feelings about the story's happenings. (connect to text/synthesize/make inferences) - What do you think the year 2070 will bring? (creative response/prediction) -__View o__ther journal topics
Text
Study Guide
A Map of the Island
Message in a Bottle
Journaling
Using journals in the classroom is an important and effective assessment tool.
Journaling is usually used in conjunction with silent reading and read alouds and prompts students to respond creatively to a piece of literature, to reflect on a passage or complete story, to make predictions, to ask questions, to make connections to the students own life, and to evaluate and articulate the effectiveness of the reading strategies. Some examples of journal entries that will be assigned throughout the course of this school year are:
- Describe your worst nightmare. (making connections/creative response)
- Describe your most frightening experience with something non-human. (making connections/creative response)
- Which of the Seven Habits of Good Reading to you find most effective or useful? Why?
(methodology reflection)
- Do you think Rainsford, the protagonist from The Most Dangerous Game, has changed his opinion of hunting from the beginning to the end of the story? Explain. (literature reflection)
- What is courage? Describe a time when you or someone you know acted courageously. (making connections)
- Write a journal entry as if you are one of the major characters from the novel/play/short story. Express your thoughts and feelings about the story's happenings. (connect to text/synthesize/make inferences)
- What do you think the year 2070 will bring? (creative response/prediction)
- __View o__ther journal topics